I'm in a panic. I just accepted a full-time tenure-track teaching job. Honestly, I'm amazed I got it as it's my Dream Job. Which, of course, cued my Dell Latitude D510 Laptop to become frustratingly constipated.

Before the Dream Job begins, I'm flat-busted broke; otherwise I'd have simply taken the laptop into the local computer fix-it store and contributed to the economy. Alas, I cannot do that. So, I'm using the desktop to research the laptop's problem and I'm landed here. You guys also strike me as trust-worthy and incredibly bright.

A few days ago I noticed my laptop was very sluggish. I accessed the Task Manager and noticed that the CPU Usage is always capped out at 100%. I've tried all the tricks an ignorant, non-tech can try.

Below you'll see the TSG SysInfo stuff. Because the semester is lurking right around the corner, I'm growing very panicked about losing the years' worth of work that's on the laptop, or that it will simply become an expensive paperweight.

Thank you in advance for your assistance,
Holmeslice

PS
I'd utilize an emoticon, but there doesn't seem to be one that connotes Constipated.

Hello open the task manager, go to process tab and then print screen and upload. Experts here will help you. 2) trying killing the process which is utilitizing 100 in process tab. But be carefull do this oly if your familiar with all the processes. It seems you have virus in your system.

It's more likely that you have something running in startup that is causing the high CPU usage. Try running MSCONFIG & disable any unnecessary programs from loading at startup. You can follow the steps from http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig

Okay, so I've rid the laptop of AVG, Norton, Babylon Toolbar, Windows Defender, and Driver Update. I downloaded MSE. The only issues are uninstalling Spybot Search and Destroy and the CPU Usage is still continually capped at 100%. Hopefully, once the Spybot is removed, things will improve.

Okay, so I'm having trouble deleting/uninstalling SpyBot Search and Delete. I tried the conventional way via Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs; but when I click the Remove button for SpyBot Search and Destroy, nothing happens.

I then tried to delete its file folder from the C: Drive, but was left with an error message.

Here are the items that were checked in the MSCONFIG Startup Tab: igfxtray C:\\WINDOWS\system... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... hkcmd C:\\WINDOWS\system... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... itype "C:\ProgramFiles\Micr... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... mbamgui "C:\ProgramFiles\Mal... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... AdobeARM "C:\ProgramFiles\Com... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... msseces "c:\ProgramFiles\Micr... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... TeaTimer C:\ProgramFiles\Spyb... HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... SUPERAntiSpyware C:\ProgramFiles\SUPE... HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... ctfmon C:\windows\system32... HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer.... I'm sure you probably grow weary of all the gratitude, but I want you to know mine's sincere. I've noticed than when I restart the machine after, say, running a HijackThis scan that it takes about ten to twelve minutes for it not to cap at 100% CPU Usage and for it to become operational. As an aside, what is your preferred browser? For a long while, I found Google Chrome able to accommodate my needs. But since this most recent incident, I feel like a tired parent who has an 18-year-old still living at home, awaiting the start of college: "Go already! We've had our time together; now go burden someone else." An odd analogy, I'll admit. Obviously I've never fathered any chirren, and I ain't gonna either. If I can't manage to keep a laptop free from viruses, I'm to be expected to raise an infant? No, I rather my disposable income (when that arrives on my first payday on August 25th).

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